Designer/typographer · Writing a book on the history of keyboards: https://aresluna.org/shift-happens

Nov 21, 2017

How I convinced my 1987 Canon Cat to talk to my 2017 MacBook Pro

Canon Cat is a wonderful machine that means a lot me. I recently managed to get it to talk to my modern MacBook Pro. It took some time to figure it out, so I thought I’d share. It might also be useful info for connecting other older computers to newer ones via aserial port.

My Cat has a broken floppy drive — which is a common affliction — and my first attempts to connect it using a USB modem and phone cable failed. Here’s how to do the right way: